I was attempting to replace my stock front v brake to a better aftermarket v brake everything went ok until I tried to test it and the brake cable end, the one that connects to the brake lever, will ...

Interrupter brakes require the brake cable to angle away from the bar to meet the lever at the proper point as shown in the picture below. You can see the handlebar tape doesn't carry on closer to the ...

I currently have traditional drop bars and cross (interrupter) brake levers. I like the interrupters and use them a lot.
But I'm going to get a compact drop bar (FSA Omega Compact bar on order), and ...

I have an old Colnago I want to resurrect, which after some Google-ing I have discovered is very similar to the bike here (but in blue):
I want to replace the drop bar brakes with "standard" brakes ...

So my bike has Shimano Tiagra ST-4600/4603 brifters (it's a triple) but is fitted with long-drop BR-R451 calipers. In theory, these should be incompatible because of the change in cable pull ratio, ...

I took a hard spill the other day on my mountain bike and snapped my left hand brake lever in to pieces.
The ones that snapped are stock alloy rubbish that came with a Specialized Hardrock 2010 Disc ...